Rail-joint.



M. T. KERCHER & N. N. TOMBAUGH.

RAIL 101m.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, I915- 1,165,264. Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

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UNiT E STATES MARTIN r. KERCI-IER AND NOBLE N. TOMBAUGH, or ROANN', INDIANA.

RAIL-JOINT,

Application filed May 22, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that we, MARTIN T. KEROHER and NOBLE N. TOMBAUGH, citizens of the United States, residing at Roann, in the county of Miami and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in RailJoints, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in means for connecting the meeting ends of two railway rails, and the primary object of. the invention is to provide a joint for rail ends wherein the employment of bolts and nuts therefor will be entirely dispensed with.

With the above and other objects in view,

' the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set .forth in the following spec fication and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of two rails connected in accordance with the present invention, Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view approximately on the line 22 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view approximately on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view approximately on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, 11 designate two alining rails of the ordinary construction. In the present instance, however, we channel the underfaces of the heads of the rails longitudinally for a suitable distance from their ends, the said channels being indicatedby the numerals 3. The base flanges of the rails, at suitable points adjacent the ends thereof have their longitudinal edges notched, as indicated by the numeral 4.

The numeral 5 designates a rail chair, the same including a base 6 upon which the rails rest, vertical extensions projecting from the opposite longitudinal edges of the base, in-

' dicated by the numeral 7 inwardly inclined flanges 8 overlying the base flanges of the rails and vertically extending integral plates 9 which contact with the webs of the rails.

The plates 9 upon their upper edges hav e their inner corners formed with longitudi- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

Serial No. 29,855.

notches 12 which are adapted to register with the notches in one of the longitudinal edges of the base flange of the rails, and secured within the said notches 12, at the lower wall thereof, or the wall provided by the base of the chair are bendable clips 14, the said clips beingof a sufficient length to be bent over the angular flange of the chair when the same are brought into engaging position with the notches in the rail and if desired the bent portions, indicated by the numerals 15, may be formed with openings for the reception of holding elements 16 which pass therethrough and enter suitable openings in the inclined flanges of the chair, this latter construction being illustrated in detail in Fig. 4.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, wha we claim is:

1. In combination, two alining rails, a chair upon which the rails rest, said chair having its longitudinal edges notched and the base flanges of the rails having notches which register with the notches in said chair, of malleable fingers arranged withinv arereceived in the channels of the rails, the In testimony whereof we 'affix our signa-. 5

edges fthe chair and the edges ofthe rails tures in presence of two Witnesses. having registering notches, malleable fingers Ti T K R Y 'adapted to bebent intgengagementw iththe' H 7 notches in the ralls, and means for leek ing Witnesses:

secured Within the notches of. the chair and I j BL TQ ALBERT WARD,

the bent edges ofthe malleablemembers V V JA Es JnWILsOrI. f

upon the chair over'the rails. 7' j Gepies of this patent may be obtained for five oents eaeh, hy addressing the Cemmissioner of Patents,

Washington, 1). ex} 

